St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-07-21
After Having Made Arrangements to Lay
the Wishes of the People Before
Congress.
An Attempt to Put Portage Lake Rider
On the Resolutions Promptly Voted
Down.
List of the Officers and Committees
ChoseE---General Northwestern In
telligence.
Special TO the Globe


called to order by eX+COngressman
Townsend, of Cleveland, who nOmi-
mated William +. Phelps, of Du-
luth, as temporary chairman. Mr..
Phelps was unanimously elected. In
thanking the convention for the honor
conferred, Mr.. Phelps delivered an elo-
quent ten-minuteS' speech on the OBJ
jectS of the convention. He said the miner
with his pick and the woodSman with
his axe and the huSbandman with his
plOwshare had as yet merely commenced
to scratch the surface, under which lay
the hidden and bOundleSS resources of
the soil and mines of the fast dvelOping
regions of the Northwest The govern
ment should not hesitate to grant any
aid that justice demands i'll improving
the commercial facilities of the country.
He thought the fault lies greatly with
the people, who are most interested i'll
them, that these improvements are not
made. These highways belong to
the people and the people should see
that their just demands are met. Be
tween the great Lake Superior and the
lakes of the East nature has imposed a
barrier and thrown down challenge to
the ingenuity and enterprise of man.
overcome this obstacle by the use of all
the resources possible to bring to our
aid. The
UNRESTRICTED NAVIGATION
of the great water ways of the nation is
the question of the hour. Bruce Good
fellow. of Detroit. was elected secretary.
The following committees were ap-
pointed:
Credentials-R. L. Pennington Cleveland; ;
J. : Farrand. Detroit; James Talcott New
York; 5. Fuller, St Cloud; +. N. Wilson,
Red Wing; E. NJ. Banks. Superior; Perry
Hannah, Traverse City; George r. Finch, ST.
Paul; J. B. Canterbury, La Crosse: j. Lowell,
Fargo; A Kelly, Minneapolis; William j.
Ryan, HoughtOn; J. f. Willard, Mankato;
NJ r. Baldwin, Duluth; o. N. FOwle and
r. f. Watson, Sault Ste. Marie; William Orr,
Resoutions-G. II. Ely, Cleveland; ]. L.
Chipman, Detroit: G. H. Converse, Colum
bus; p r. Chandler, Chicago; Foster Hig-
gins, New York; F. G. Searle, st. Cloud; o.
Nj. Hall, Red Wing; E. W. Stow, West Su-
periOr: James Bardon, Superior: Perry Han
nah. Traverse City; Henry NJ. Rice, St Paul !:
H. c. Higgins, Ashland; Joseph Clarke, La
Crosse; j. Lowell, Fargo; j. Atwater, Min
neapolis: Jay A. Hubbell. Houghton; John
c. Wise, Mankato; E. ii. Lloyd, st. Paul: 4.
N Seip. Duluth: H. NJ. Seymour and G.. A.
Cody, Sault Ste. Marie; William Orr Mar
quette.
Permanent Organizatfon-C. B. Lockwood
Cleveland; J. ". Wcscotte, Detroit; T. III.
Converse, Columbus; L. q, Lawrence, Chi
cago: Clinton b. Fisk. New York; William
Powell St Cloud: F. NJ Wilson. Red Wing:
c. II. Sunderland, West Superior; c. L. Cat
lin, Superior; Perry Hannah, Traverse City;
Capt. r. Blakeley. st. Paul: j. NJ. Farquhar,
Buffalo: II. c. Higgins, Ashland: l.. d. Car
gill. La Crosse: G. Lowell. Fargo: c. VI. Lor-
ing. Minneapolis: G. Waldo Smith, New
York; T. B. Dustan. HOughton; T. Meagher,
Mankato: F. r. Smith, ST. Paul: G. J. Bar
mum. Duluth; Thomas Ryan and T. W. Bur
rick. Sault ste Marie; ". NJ. Orr, Marquette.
LETTERS WE'RE READ
and enthusiastically received from Gov.
Grey, of Indiana. William NJ. EvartS,
John Sherman. S. NJ. CullOm. George
NJ. HOar, ID. NJ. Sabin, Philetus Sawyer,
William Walter Phelps. Isaac Stephen
son and others. The report Of the COM
mittee on credentials Indicate the pres
ence of about 30 delegates. Gen. Clin-
ton b. Fisk submitted the report of the
committee on permanent organization,
which was as follows:
President, T. ". Palmer, Detroit; secre-
tary ". F. Phelps, Duluth; vice presidents
Clinton b. Fisk. of New York: j. Logan
Chipman, of Detroit William Thurston. of
Buffalo,: 4. 5. Barnes ana q. Waldo Smith,
of New York; j. s. Milne, of Chicago; Isaac
Atwater, of minneapolis; o. p. StearnS, of
Duluth; William B. Dean and a. NJ. Rice, of
St. Paul: Amos Townsend, of Cleveland; c..
s. Spaulding John Lind and Knute Nelson.
of Minnesota: Mark $. Brewer, j. X. Whit
ing and : C. Moffett of Michigan: Jacob
Romeis and George L. Converse. of Ohio; H.
A Seymour, of Sault Ste. Marie; 0. \. Muir
dock, of West Superior; +. L. Scare, of St
Cloud; ". NJ. Orr, of Marquette; X. r.
Goodall of Houghton.
The executive committee was re-
ported as follows: George H. Ely,
Clevelank, chairman: William f.
Phelps. Duluth, secretary; William H.
Lyon and A. Foster Higgins. New
York: p. H. Kelly, st. Paul. The eX-
ecutive committee was increased to
thirteen by adding the following: c..
NJ. LOring, of Minneapolis; J. A. Hub
bell. of HOughton. Clinton B. Fisk, of
New York; Abner n. Wright, of Chi
cagO; John c. Spry. of Sault Ste. Marie; !;
E. V. MallOy. of st. Paul; H. W. Sey-
mOur. of Sault Ste. Marie. and John X.
Smith. of Buffalo. The committee on
resolutions
PRESENTED A MEMORIAL ADDRESS
to congress relating the history of the
Sault canal. the wonderful deVelOpe-
ment of the commerce passing through,
the vast increase in the population and
business of the territories lying to the
west. the extraordinary results of the
opening of the new mining regions
throughout the Lake Superior region,
the commercial relations to the North
western states of Manitoba and
other Canadian provinces and other
collateral facts. The memorial relates
the extraordinary growth of the bust
ness of the Sault. and states that no i'm
prOvement has yet been decided upon
which has not been OutgrOwn before
completed. The amount of freight pass
ing the canal has increased from 1867
74l tons during the season of 1881 to p
S74. .557 tons in 1856. an increase of 1906
SIC tons, and points out that should this
rate or increase be maintained the canal
will be insufficient topass the commerce
long before it can be enlarged to meet
the greater demand upon it. In 1884
alone the increase was $50. so tons. The
memorial states that the region natu-
rally tributary to Lake Superior in
cludeS portions of Kansas, Nebraska.
Iowa and Wisconsin. and the whole of
Minnesota, Dakota, Montana, Wyoming
and the Canadian provinces. 1t en-
phasiZes the fact that Duluth, instead of
EhicagO. has become the great wheat
market of the country. The memorial
CONCLUDES AS FOLLOWS:
Weighed against the interests at stake. the
amount appropriated is really of small i'm
pOrtance. Time, however, IS invaluable. We
respectfully and most earnestly urge there
fore, the prosecution of these works TO com
pletion by means of every appliance at the
command of the government and as one of
the means TO this end. work for the appro-
priation at once Of the total amount of money
required. or in as large sums annually as can
be economically expended.
The secretary read also the following
resolution:
Resolved, That inGsmuch as the acquisition